The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that health systems in most Latin America and the Caribbean are not well prepared for such a crisis. One of the most important bottlenecks to date are the lack of respiratory equipment, intensive care units, sufficient and sure oxygen supply and enough qualified medical personnel for handling this equipment. The…
PTB investigates indoor air purifier developed in Braunschweig The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) measured the internal irradiance of a prototype of an indoor UV-C air purification unit to gauge its effectiveness in neutralizing germs and viruses. A simulation of the irradiance distribution in the unit also enabled us to investigate the suitability of the lamp arrangement…
The year 2020 demanded that we take our digital work to the next level. A wide range of procedures could no longer be conducted in person as they normally are, and had to be completed digitally – sometimes successfully, sometimes less so. The accreditation field was no exception when it came to this development, as…
What are we most likely to do when looking for specific information these days? We open a browser on our mobile phone or PC, select our favourite search engine and enter a search key. Within seconds, hundreds of results appear on our screen, but most of the time, we only look at the first few…
Today, the CSIR-NPL India, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – National Physical Laboratory, celebrates the 75th anniversary of its foundation. The PTB sends its warmest congratulations and all the best for the future. Together with the CSIR-NPL, the PTB proudly looks back on a successful partnership over many years and has high expectations for…